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Home News and events About me Biography, background, press, and tidbits both musical and nonmusical My musicals Five shows I've written, including one that ran Off-Broadway in 2006 and one currently in development The Chagall Suite A commissioned 8-movement piano piece inspired by Marc Chagall's artworks, and a tribute to Chagall and Elvis Listen Hear my music on this site and buy my recordings Musical direction See my ideas regarding musical direction, see my resume, or let me coach you for auditions and give you accompaniment tracks to practice with Transcription services Send me a recording to create sheet music from, or have me transpose or arrange a song or instrumental work Travelogues Read accounts of my long-term trips and my experience on the Fosse tour Mailing list Subscribe to receive news and travelogues | Trip 18 -- Northeast Asia7 to 29 June 2016I'd been itching to go back to Russia for the first time since 1999 and see the Ysyakh summer-solstice festival near Yakutsk. Russia's new policy of granting Americans three-year multiple-entry visas removed the pressure of trying to see the whole country in one trip, so I focused on the east. The distances are still vast, however, and I didn't want an especially long trip, so I did more flying and took fewer trains than I might have wanted to. I was also eager to visit modern Seoul, even if I couldn't possibly do South Korea justice in only a few days. The weekly ferry from Korea to Vladivostok was the perfect way to connect the two countries.
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